that's ridiculous redeux

My mom has always enjoyed telling one particular story about my childhood. It goes like this:

One night when I was a small child, my Mom was reading in bed. I crawled in next to her, holding a book, and said "Will you read me a story, Mommie?"

My Mom turned to me and replied, "You read your book, and I'll read mine" - knowing full well that I couldn't yet read.

"That's redic-0-lus, Mommy!" I said. "You know I can't read!"

Cute, huh! I don't remember a lot of stories from when I was small, so this one stands out all the more for me. Its been pointed out to me that this is a story in which I am not getting my needs met. Food for thought, certainly...

OK, now jump to present day.

While Carrie, Myla, and I were driving around last weekend, we saw a pickup truck transporting a good-sized tree. The tree was about six feet tall, and sticking straight up out of the truck bed. I pointed it out to Myla, saying how the tree looked so silly in the back of a truck!

Myla said, "That's ridiculous!"

And she even got the pronunciation correct.